The Portland daily press., 1887-02-14
THE STANLEY EXPEDITION.
what II Win Cost and How 1t is to BE
Conducted.

The expedition which Mr.. Stanley is about
to lead into Africa is by far the largest and
most expensive that ever set out on peace
ful mission in the Dark Continent. Travel
ling In savage countries is always very costly.
IL has been estimated that the average ex-
pense Incurred by exploring parties in Africa
Is over $l5 mile. 1t cost the English and
Algerian Missionary Society over 5000 apiece
for every missionary they landed on the shores
of Victoria Nyanza. Stanley's trip across
the Continent is said to have cost about S6O,-
600. DIR. Holub, who is now working his
way from South Africa to the Great Lakes.
took With him an outfit that cost S95 ooo
The money expended by most important
expeditions has varied frola SlO,0ooto $4,000.
An explorers force of porters and other
native assistants varies from about 40 to $50
souls. Mr.. Stanley's present expedition win
include about 1000 persons, and his travelling
outfit and trade goods have cost something
over 100000. 1t must be remembered that
he is not only trying to adequately supply
the needs of his large party, but that he is
also carrying much clothing, ammunition and
other supplies to the several hundred per-
sons who are numbered in the retinue of
Emin Pasha.
An exhibition was given in England the
other day OF the performance of a Maxim
gun. 1t was part of the military outfit of
the Stanley expedition, and the explorer and
many pr0minentmen watched the perform
anca of the weapon with much satisfaction
as 1t poured forth storm of about six HIM
dred bullets minute. Here is an expeast-
ion that Is bound on mission Of humanity
and wishes i'll to no man. 1t unfortunately
hQnnOng hnxyAVQr NJ oh limo, 81 D..
ton and Spoke penetrated to the Great Lakes
in 1858 have times been so tr0ublous i'm Cen
trail Africa as they are now In Ugander and
the regions around it, where Stanley said
eleven years ago he had travelled as securely
as in Europe, the powerful despot M'wanga
has within the past two years killed many
thousands OF people. 1t is said that in one
campaign last year lie killed 10000 soldiers of
his northern neighbcr, the King of Unvoro.
lie is the ayoWed enemy of the whites one
of whom he has murdered, two he has ensla-
we'd, and the others who were in his power
he has expelled from his country.
Ii Stanley Is not able by peaceable means
to open the road to Wadelia, if he cannot
buy the favor of the ruler of the Ugenda, he
must defened the lives of his party and by
force, if needs be, fulfil the mission he is sent
10 perform. 1t Is right that he Is supplied
with the best appliances of military art. 1t
is believed that the man who has not been
excelled by any African explorer in the tact
and forbearance he has displayed in his deal
ings with the natives may be trusted to use
these appliances only if necessity compels
their USE Among the Europeans who win
accompany MIR. Stanley Is one who is spec
tally qualified to handle the Maxim gun.
one OF Mr.. Stanley's servants will be boy
IN his teens, who was among let of little
slaves that the explorer bought of the Arabs
three years ago. The slaves were starving,
and Stanley bought the boys for few cotton
handkerchiefs and distributed them among
the white stations along the Congo. These
lads and all from the Aruwimi river region.
and speak languages which none of the white
men on the Congo have yet acquired. If Mr..
Stanley takes the Congo route, as he desires
to do, 1t is very possible that he will ascend
the Aruwimi river to reach Emin Pasha.
Ii, when he reaches the Congo, he decides
to take this course, it is his intention to col
lect these boys as he goes up the river, and
make them useful to him as Interpreters and
peacemakers among their kindred of the
Aruwimi tribes. Itwas his belief when he
bought their freedom and distributed these
boys along the river to be educated in the
white mans arts, that by so doing he was
securing so many strong and faithful native
helpers for his Congo enterprise. 1t is prob
able that he little imagined that the next time
he visited the spot where he freed them from
the shackles of the Arab slave-driyer these
boys, who have all been doing well, would be
able to render him services of almost incalcu-
liable value.